On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn <dennisml@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to get Apache to send a file with the filename "test" that > contains html through a filter for the mime type text/html. The problem is > that even when I set a DefaultType in .htaccess the response doesn't contain > a Content-Type header. The browser actually displays the content as html > (probably by guessing) but since the response itself doesn't contain an > explicit mime type the filter does not get applied. > > Shouldn't Apache always set a mime type when I use DefaultType? > > Regards, > Dennis > Are you sure it doesn't set the type, and just not run it through the filter? There is a big warning on AddOutputFilterByType that it will not fire if the type is determined from DefaultType. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#addoutputfilterbytype Cheers Tom --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx